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New equipment

I wonder about NFL equipment.....we've got materials out there that can literrally stop a bullet, and yet we can't develop equipment that can protect against blowing out knees and concussions, etc.

Maybe the best solution is a radically redesigned, mandatory equipment.

"They come to the line of scrimmage and the first thing they do is start looking for me....I know, and they know. When they’d find me they’d start screaming: 56 left ! 56 left!....So there’s this thing I did. After the play was over I’d come up behind them and whisper: don’t worry where I am. I’ll tell you when I get there."
- Lawrence Taylor

The concussion issue will not be solved with "equipment." What causes concussions is the unnatural movement of the brain WITHIN the skull. I can't see any external piece of equipment that would, of itself, prevent that.

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I wonder about NFL equipment.....we've got materials out there that can literrally stop a bullet, and yet we can't develop equipment that can protect against blowing out knees and concussions, etc.

Maybe the best solution is a radically redesigned, mandatory equipment.

Knee injuries are pretty much impossible to prevent with equipment, it has to do with how your leg is planted and how it gets hit. A guy can roll into your leg, but equipment can't really stop your knee from bending.

As far as concussions, I am pretty sure they have a licensing agreement with Riddell (might be another company) and there might be a company that has better equipment specifically for preventing concussions, but that doesn't mean they can just start using them.